# Notable Restaurant Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 3, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-restaurant-names/601773 "2011-11-03T19:44:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-restaurant-names/601773/1 "2011-11-03T19:44:16Z")
[Here is mine](http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/9339/7441727892b37611c6o.jpg). I think I win. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-restaurant-names/601773/2 "2011-11-03T19:49:15Z")
That’s pretty badass. ---
**Author:** ![Shark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-restaurant-names/601773/3 "2011-11-03T19:50:37Z")
It’s funny, they are so fussy about their food, and yet it still stinks. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-restaurant-names/601773/4 "2011-11-03T20:14:53Z")
It goes well with [this](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mmBw3uzPnJI/SlTz451ib2I/AAAAAAAAqDY/_km4yqvav0k/s400/weird_restaurant_names_03.jpg) and [this](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mmBw3uzPnJI/SlTz4s0cS3I/AAAAAAAAqDI/2szTaYXtqCY/s400/weird_restaurant_names_05.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Rack-a-Bones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rack-a-Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rack-a-Bones)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-restaurant-names/601773/5 "2011-11-03T20:29:34Z")
Ocean City has one called _BJ’s on the Water_. I suppose the apostrophe saves it from being really bad, or good, depending on your perspective. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-restaurant-names/601773/6 "2011-11-03T20:44:33Z")
And [just down the street](http://brog.engrish.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/I-wont-eat-here/19d45ca6.jpg)… And [this](http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/files/2009/01/fat-kok.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-restaurant-names/601773/7 "2011-11-03T20:47:00Z")
> [@Rack-a-Bones](#): > > Ocean City has one called _BJ’s on the Water_. Hey, I think I saw that this past weekend! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-restaurant-names/601773/8 "2011-11-04T03:11:17Z")
From [Poland](http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2010/1/5/129071811792319361.jpg), where they love their cabbage. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-restaurant-names/601773/9 "2011-11-04T03:27:15Z")
There’s always [The Gobbler](http://www.lileks.com/institute/motel/). ---
**Author:** ![Rack-a-Bones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rack-a-Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rack-a-Bones)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-restaurant-names/601773/10 "2011-11-04T03:33:38Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > There’s always [The Gobbler](http://www.lileks.com/institute/motel/). Isn’t that long gone? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-restaurant-names/601773/11 "2011-11-04T08:08:05Z")
[This restaurant](http://chatterbox.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c86d053ef01348713c70e970c-450wi) has moved to new digs on the other side of town, but the sign still stands in its original location in Portland’s Chinatown. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-restaurant-names/601773/12 "2011-11-04T08:34:00Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > From [Poland](http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2010/1/5/129071811792319361.jpg), where they love their cabbage. You can find lots of [fartshump](http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fartshump) in Norway. National Lampoon put out [this book](http://www.amazon.com/National-Lampoon-Presents-True-Facts/dp/0809235595) (think there’s a few more in the series), which had tons of these restaurants/signs/etc. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-restaurant-names/601773/13 "2011-11-04T10:50:29Z")
There was a Chinese restaurant in Annan, Scotland called “The Lucky Date”. (Date being a term that can refer to your backside). ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-restaurant-names/601773/14 "2011-11-04T15:26:36Z")
I’ve posted [this one](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dQuacLNyX8E/S4bUjXzx4FI/AAAAAAAADNw/FX0i6GWQTYA/s1600-h/Fook+King+copy.jpg) before, but it this thread is as good a place as any to do it again. ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-restaurant-names/601773/15 "2011-11-04T15:29:03Z")
> [@postcards](#): > > I’ve posted [this one](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dQuacLNyX8E/S4bUjXzx4FI/AAAAAAAADNw/FX0i6GWQTYA/s1600-h/Fook+King+copy.jpg) before, but it this thread is as good a place as any to do it again. And another: Here’s the [Fu King Chinese restaurant](http://www.break.com/pictures/fu-king-chinese-restaurant69953.html) in Lake City, FL. ---
**Author:** ![bartleby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bartleby/32/10491_2.png) [@bartleby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bartleby)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-restaurant-names/601773/16 "2011-11-04T16:33:00Z")
I’ve mentioned these before in tonie West Hartford, they did not allow the upscale mexican restaurant: C. O. Jones and when i lived in NYC, there was a little hole in the wall chinese place: Soon Fat ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-restaurant-names/601773/17 "2011-11-04T17:13:41Z")
[This one](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_full_width/hash/83/3a/833a9c566d2549056ceb2e77cc88072f.jpg) fits the bill I think. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-restaurant-names/601773/18 "2011-11-04T17:20:46Z")
There was a hilarious interview on NPR when the owner of [this](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/5275866.stm) restaurant strongly denied the accusations that his naming of the restaurant was a publicity stunt. Indeed, he asserted that he did not have a clue when he first opened the restaurant that it could cause offense to anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-restaurant-names/601773/19 "2011-11-04T19:36:49Z")
[Translate Server Error](http://craphound.com/images/translateservererror.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-restaurant-names/601773/20 "2011-11-04T19:45:10Z")
> [@gregorio](#): > > [This one](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_full_width/hash/83/3a/833a9c566d2549056ceb2e77cc88072f.jpg) fits the bill I think. I was going to make a joke about that, but didn’t realize that there was an actual place like that! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-restaurant-names/601773.md?page=2)